6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Old Post Office, Halifax. Straw-blond colour with a bubbly head. Lots of apple taste that lingers with the strength not as evident as it might suggest. Has a potent nose too.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2014
at 06:21
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
500ml bottle as Virgin Trains Tilting Cider 4.4%. Pours clear gold, overly sweet apple juice aroma, taste is sticky overripe apple juice, pear drops and schloer with a chemical aftertaste. Way too sweet to be enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2014
at 13:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Strong apple, walnut, nougat, and oat nose. That’s right, oat not oak. Clear yellow. Apple and walnut flavor. Soft, smooth mouthfeel, medium body. Wonderful richness and complexity, good balance. Drinks somewhat like applejack, but not boozy at all. Excellent.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2014
at 17:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask - Apple and some raw oak. Clear light gold with almost no head. Sweet apple and like oak notes. The sweetness does overpower the other flavours finish., butt is still nice. Quite sweet and long
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2014
at 08:13
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Okay, shifting to a cider tonight.
This was poured into my wine glass (as always).
The appearance was extremely light and golden clear with a vast array of carbonated bubbles flying skyward towards the top of the glass.
There’s no head and no lacing, but I think I’m starting to understand that’s okay for a cider.
The smell had a decent floral but slight honey character going on. The apple is there and has a decent tartness to it.
The taste was sweet.
On the palate, this was fairly harsh (coming across like wine - uh oh), and it sat fairly light on the body with a fair sessionability about it.
Overall, okay cider, honestly, I’m still trying to figure this out since its not a real beer. For this one, I think I’d have this again.
This was poured into my wine glass (as always).
The appearance was extremely light and golden clear with a vast array of carbonated bubbles flying skyward towards the top of the glass.
There’s no head and no lacing, but I think I’m starting to understand that’s okay for a cider.
The smell had a decent floral but slight honey character going on. The apple is there and has a decent tartness to it.
The taste was sweet.
On the palate, this was fairly harsh (coming across like wine - uh oh), and it sat fairly light on the body with a fair sessionability about it.
Overall, okay cider, honestly, I’m still trying to figure this out since its not a real beer. For this one, I think I’d have this again.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2014
at 02:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Secklow Hundred (JDW), Milton Keynes. Mid-yellow, slightly hazy. A decent white head. This looks like a beer. And smells... off. Sour, buttery and greasy. The taste is infinitely better: a sweetish tang followed by a balanced sourness. The alcohol is warming on the way down. Brown sugar, rum and vanilla partner apple in the aftertaste. Passable.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2014
at 13:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Trembling Madness. Pours clear pale gold. Ginger aroma. Strong, raw ginger root in the taste. Very nice ginger cider, clearly not a lot of apples coming through, and minimal alcohol. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2014
at 13:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the Kaapse Beer festival. Pours clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of green apples, light whiskey notes and light wood. Flavour is moderate sweet with a light acidity. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2014
at 09:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the Kaapse Beer festival. Pours clear pale golden with no head. Aroma of soft sweet pears, light vinegar and slight wood notes. Flavour is over moderate sweet and light acidic. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2014
at 08:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Half pint @ the Salopian Summer Cider Festival July 14. Pours clear gold, moderately sweet whisky-tinged taste, not overpowering but sweet all the same. Enjoyable cider.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2014
at 13:00